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Oh, not those jet-ski things again!

Nesting terns appear to be disturbed more by personal watercraft than by motorboats.

 

References:

Burger, J. 1998. Effects of motorboats and personal watercraft on flight behavior over a colony of common terns. Condor 100(August):528.

 

Sources:

Joanna Burger
Rutgers University
Nelson Biological Laboratories
604 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082
E-mail: burger@biology.rutgers.edu

 

 

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